FLS vs. AIT, CR, DOV, EMR, GGG, GHM, IR, ITT, PH, and PNR
Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Crane (CR), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Graham (GHM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR).
Flowserve vs. Its Competitors
Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Flowserve had 3 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Flowserve and 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Flowserve's score of 0.99 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.44%. Given Flowserve's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.12%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Flowserve's return on equity.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
